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KJU Visits Ku’msusan on the Day of the Shining Star (updated and revised 16 FEB 2018)

Kim Jong Un and senior WPK Central Committee officials pay their respects in front of KIS and KJI statues at the Ku’msusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang at midnight on February 16, 2018 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).

Kim Jong Un and senior WPK Central Committee officials process through the statue hall in Ku’msusan on February 16, 2018. On the left is a floral basket from Kim Jong Un and on the right is a floral basket from the WPK Central Committee, WPK Central Military Commission and State Affairs Commission (Photo: Korean Central TV).

KJU’s last observed appearance was his attendance at a commemorative photo-op with members of the Samjiyo’n Orchestra on February 12

Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) visited the Ku’msusan Memorial Palace of the Sun at midnight (NKST) on February 16 (Friday), the birth anniversary of his father, late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il (Kim Cho’ng-il).  Among those in attendance with him were Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Vice Chairman and State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman Choe Ryong Hae [Ch’oe Ryong-hae], WPK Vice Chairmen Pak Kwang Ho [Pak Kwang-ho], Ri Su Yong [Ri Su-yo’ng], Kim Phyong Hae [Kim P’yo’ng-hae], Thae Jong Su [T’ae Cho’ng-su], O Su Yong [O Su-yo’ng], An Jong Su [An Cho’ng-su], Pak Thae Song [Pak T’ae-so’ng], Kim Yong Chol [Kim Yo’ng-ch’o’l], Choe Hwi [Ch’oe Hwi] and Pak Thae Dok [Pak T’ae-tok], WPK Inspection (Control Commission Chairman and WPK Organization Guidance Department Senior Deputy Director Jo Yon Jun [Cho Yo’n-ch’un], WPK Central Committee Department Directors and Deputy Directors Ri Il Hwan [Ri Il-hwan], Ri Chol Man [Ri Ch’o’l-man], Kim Yong Su [Kim Yo’ng-su], Hong Sung Mu [Hong Su’ng-mu], Ri Man Gon [Ri Man-ko’n], Jon Il Chun [Cho’n Il-ch’un], Jo Yong Won [Cho Yo’ng-wo’n] Kim Kyong Ok [Kim Kyo’ng-ok] and Hwang Pyong So [Hwang Pyo’ng-so’], along with other WPK Central Committee cadres, functionaries and officials.  Also in attendance were semi-retired senior officials of the WPK Central Committee including former WPK Vice Chairman for Propaganda and Agitation Kim Ki Nam [Kim Ki-nam], former WPK Vice Chairman for Science and Education Choe Thae Bok [Ch’oe T’ae-pok], former WPK Vice Chairman for Planning and Finance Kwak Pom Gi [Kwak Pom-ki], former WPK Secretary of Munitions Industry Pak To Chun[Pak To’-ch’un] and former WPK Propaganda and Agitation Senior Deputy Director Ri Jae Il [Ri Ch’ae-il].

Kim Jong Un and WPK Political Bureau Members and WPK Vice Chairmen (L-R) An Jong Su, Thae Jong Su, Ri Su Yong, Choe Ryong Hae, Pak Kwang Ho, Kim Phyong Hae, O Su Yong, Pak Thae Song and Choe Hwi (Photo: Korean Central TV).

Kim Jong Un and senior WPK Central Committee officials bow in front of the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the Ku’msusan Palace of the Sun on February 16, 2018 (Photo: Korean Central TV).

Kim Jong Un entered the hall where the statues of Kim Il Sung (Kim Il-so’ng) and KJI stand.  A floral basket from Jong Un was placed in front of the statues. along with a floral basket sent jointly by the WPK Central Committee, the WPK Central Military Commission [CMC] and the DPRK State Affairs Commission.  Kim Jong Un and the other WPK Central Committee officials “paid high tribute” to the KJI and KIS statues.

Kim Jong Un and Choe Ryong Hae walk through a hallway leading to the room containing the preserved remains of late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il (Photo: Korean Central TV).

Kim Jong Un bows in front of the preserved remains of his father, late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il, on Feburary 16, 2018 (Photo: KCNA-Yonhap).

Kim Jong Un entered the chamber containing Kim Jong Il’s preserved remains, bowed and “paid deep homage.”

Current and semi-retired senior WPK Central Committee officials bow in front of KJI’s body on February 16, 2018. Among those in this photo are Jo Yon Jun, Ri Il Kwan, Ri Chol Man and Ri Jae Il (Photo: Korean Central TV).

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This article was written on 16 Feb 2018, and is filled under 2018 Day of the Shining Star (KJI Birthday), An Jong Su (WPK LID), Cadre Affairs, Central Committee, Central Military Committee, Central Party Affairs/Cadres 5th Section, Choe Hwi (PAD], Choe Ryong Hae, Choe Tae Bok, Choe Tong Myong [SED], Events Management Section, Executive Policy Bureau, Gen. Kim Yong Chol, General Affairs, Guard Command, Hong Sung Mu, Hong Yong Chil (KWP MBID), Hwang Pyong So, Hwang Pyong So (GPD; KPA VMAR), Jo Yon Jun (OGD), Jo Yong Won, Kim Chong-un inspections, Kim Family, Kim Jong Un Visits, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Ki Nam, Kim Ki-nam, Kim Kyong Ok (OGD), Kim Phyong Hae (Cadres/NPYPPC), Kim Yong Su (WPK CC DD), KJI death, KJI Personal Secretariat, Korean People's Army Supreme Command, Korean People's Internal Security Forces, Korean Workers' Party (KWP), KPA Supreme Command, kpif, Kwak Pom Gi, military security command [msc], ministry of people's security, Ministry of State Security, North Korean press, O Su Yong, Organization and Guidance Department, Pak Kwang Ho (PAD), Pak Tae Dok (N. Hwanghae WPK), Pak Thae Song (KWP CC Dept), Pak To Chun, Party elders, party life, Political Bureau, Propaganda and Agitation Department, Pyongyang Defense Command, Ri Chol, Ri Chol Man (DPRK Vice Premier/Minister of AG), Ri Il Hwan, Ri Jae Il (PAD), Ri Man Gon (N. P'yo'ngan WPK PC), Ri Su Yong, Secretariat, State Affairs Commission, State Security Department, Tae Jong Su, United Front Department, Worker Peasant Red Guard, Workers' and Social Organizations.

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